Step 3: Set the camera

Step 4: Principle of stop-motion

Chosen concept for the realisation"Stop-motion animation" is a cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement.With ...

So when years later, after my graduation in space engineering, a video contest about space pops up (Wake-Up, Rosetta! Contest by the European Space Agency), I just felt compelled to do something about it!!

So here is the result of an afternoon of tremendous fun for the contest and, most importantly, a tutorial about how you can create the same kind of stories , with kids or friends or just your own, in the confort of your home or pretty much anywhere!

<p>I've used a program called MonkeyJam! It's very easy to use and automatically increments the frame(s) just by clicking on a key on the computer and it uses any video input that can be attached to the computer!</p><p>Google MonkeyJam and download it! Have I mentioned it's also FREE!</p>

<p>LOVE THIS! Question: you said using Movie Maker was a &quot;huge effort.&quot; What would you have used instead? I'm thinking of using Photoshop for the sequence of pictures, then stringing them together with Virtualdub since it will automatically pull a sequence of images (pic1.jpg, pic2.jpg, pic3.jpg) and make it into a movie. Anyone else have preferences for software?</p><p>Thanks so much for this instructable. Perfect timing for my next project!</p>

<p>digicel is pretty good and works ok for student but has a watermark in frame. http://www.digicelinc.com/ thats what I used in animation school.</p>

<p>Thank you Flyingpuppy for the comment and the question !<br></p><p>Movie Maker is simple to use (the sequencing is straightforward!)... but quickly limited. And the two main difficulties I had to overcome were : (1) adding several layers of sounds and (2) creating the final video file! In fact, my movie being about 650-image long, I had to cut in several pieces, redo the sounds until final publishing! Hence, the &quot;huge effort&quot;. </p><p>Friends have since then advised me to go for other softwares which are easily downloadable on the net and user-friendly! ^^ (don't know the names sorry)</p>

This is a great instructable! With this information, people could create some great stop motion videos. I had tried making some, but they didn't turn out the best (particularly the lighting). Good job! Fun movie!

<p>Hi! Glad you liked my Instructable. Lighting is very important and I had to scratch my head to make it possible. Looking forward to seeing some of your trials! </p>